2010 · action · mystery · thriller
Triple Tap
Directed by Derek Yee Tung-Sing1h 57m2010
Champion competitive marksman Ken comes across an armored van robbery. He sees a policeman held hostage and shoots and kills four of the robbers. One of the robbers escapes and the policeman survives. The case is handled by Jerry Chang, whom Ken knows from having recently beaten him in a shooting match. Ken is found not guilty in court. Soon after, Ken is attacked by the escaped robber Pang Tao. Their confrontation reveals a very different background story and brings about a myriad of lies and traps and changes in relationships as Jerry and Ken try to outsmart each other.
Our read: Triple Tap (2010) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · mystery · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / mystery, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
- twisty
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